The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

by Ely, Edmund F.; Schenck, Theresa M.

• ISBN13: 9780803271401
• ISBN10: 0803271409
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

Twenty-four-year-old Edmund F. Ely, a divinity student from Albany, New York, gave up his preparation for the ministry in 1833 to become a missionary and teacher among the Ojibwes of Lake Superior. During the next sixteen years, Ely lived, taught, and preached among the Ojibwes, keeping a journal of his day-to-day experiences as well as recording ethnographic information about the Ojibwes. From recording his frustrations over the Ojibwes' rejection of Christianity to describing hunting and fishing techniques he learned from his Ojibwe neighbors, Ely's unique and rich record provides unprecedented insight into early nineteenth-century Ojibwe life and Ojibwe-missionary relations. Theresa M. Schenck draws on a broad array of secondary sources to contextualize Ely's journals for historians, anthropologists, linguists, literary scholars, and the Ojibwes themselves, highlighting the journals' relevance and importance for understanding the Ojibwes of this era.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Maps	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
Albany, New York, to Sandy Lake, Iowa Territory July 5 to September 28, 1833	p. 1
Sandy Lake September 28 to December 7, 1833	p. 33
Sandy Lake to Leech Lake December 8, 1833, to May 4, 1834	p. 59
Leech Lake to Fond du Lac and La Pointe may 4 to December 28, 1834	p. 87
Fond du Lac, Yellow Lake, and La Pointe January 1 to September 21, 1835	p. 132
Life at Fond du Lac September 20, 1835, to December 27, 1836	p. 168
Missionary Life at Fond du Lac january 7 to november 25, 1837	p. 239
Struggles at Fond du Lac January 4 to December 14, 1838	p. 286
Closing Fond du Lac January to October 20, 1839	p. 305
Events of 1840 to 1842	p. 339
Final Years in Missionary Life, 1842 to 1849	p. 384
Aftermath	p. 425
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